diff --git a/include/private/fs_config.h b/include/private/fs_config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9868a41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/private/fs_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// TODO(b/63135587) remove this file after the transitive dependency
+// from private/android_filesystem_config.h is resolved. All files that use
+// libcutils/include/private/fs_config.h should include the file directly, not
+// indirectly via private/android_filesystem_config.h.
diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 85258cdda..8528a4bd1 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ cc_library {
         "libutils_headers",
     ],
     export_header_lib_headers: ["libcutils_headers"],
+    local_include_dirs: ["include"],
 
     cflags: [
         "-Werror",
diff --git a/libcutils/canned_fs_config.c b/libcutils/canned_fs_config.c
index 96ca566cd..819a846a6 100644
--- a/libcutils/canned_fs_config.c
+++ b/libcutils/canned_fs_config.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <private/android_filesystem_config.h>
+#include <private/fs_config.h>
 #include <private/canned_fs_config.h>
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/libcutils/include/cutils/android_filesystem_config.h b/libcutils/include/cutils/android_filesystem_config.h
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..d2a92fefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcutils/include/cutils/android_filesystem_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../private/android_filesystem_config.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libcutils/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h b/libcutils/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
index 02141d687..d4ba01963 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-/* This file is used to define the properties of the filesystem
-** images generated by build tools (mkbootfs and mkyaffs2image) and
-** by the device side of adb.
-*/
-
 /*
  * This file is consumed by build/tools/fs_config and is used
  * for generating various files. Anything #define AID_<name>
@@ -49,18 +44,12 @@
 #ifndef _ANDROID_FILESYSTEM_CONFIG_H_
 #define _ANDROID_FILESYSTEM_CONFIG_H_
 
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#if defined(__BIONIC__)
-#include <linux/capability.h>
-#else
-#include "android_filesystem_capability.h"
+#if !defined(__ANDROID_VNDK__) && !defined(EXCLUDE_FS_CONFIG_STRUCTURES)
+#include <private/fs_config.h>
 #endif
 
-#define CAP_MASK_LONG(cap_name) (1ULL << (cap_name))
-
 /* This is the master Users and Groups config for the platform.
  * DO NOT EVER RENUMBER
  */
@@ -193,36 +182,4 @@
  * Also see build/tools/fs_config for more details.
  */
 
-#if !defined(EXCLUDE_FS_CONFIG_STRUCTURES)
-
-struct fs_path_config {
-    unsigned mode;
-    unsigned uid;
-    unsigned gid;
-    uint64_t capabilities;
-    const char* prefix;
-};
-
-/* Rules for directories and files has moved to system/code/libcutils/fs_config.c */
-
-__BEGIN_DECLS
-
-/*
- * Used in:
- *  build/tools/fs_config/fs_config.c
- *  build/tools/fs_get_stats/fs_get_stats.c
- *  system/extras/ext4_utils/make_ext4fs_main.c
- *  external/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools/android.c
- *  system/core/cpio/mkbootfs.c
- *  system/core/adb/file_sync_service.cpp
- *  system/extras/ext4_utils/canned_fs_config.c
- */
-void fs_config(const char* path, int dir, const char* target_out_path, unsigned* uid, unsigned* gid,
-               unsigned* mode, uint64_t* capabilities);
-
-ssize_t fs_config_generate(char* buffer, size_t length, const struct fs_path_config* pc);
-
-__END_DECLS
-
-#endif
 #endif
diff --git a/libcutils/include/private/fs_config.h b/libcutils/include/private/fs_config.h
index 7dad668aa..aab504281 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/private/fs_config.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/private/fs_config.h
@@ -14,10 +14,24 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/* This file is used to define the properties of the filesystem
+** images generated by build tools (mkbootfs and mkyaffs2image) and
+** by the device side of adb.
+*/
+
 #ifndef _LIBS_CUTILS_PRIVATE_FS_CONFIG_H
 #define _LIBS_CUTILS_PRIVATE_FS_CONFIG_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#else  // defined(__BIONIC__)
+#include "android_filesystem_capability.h"
+#endif  // defined(__BIONIC__)
+
+#define CAP_MASK_LONG(cap_name) (1ULL << (cap_name))
 
 /*
  * binary format for the runtime <partition>/etc/fs_config_(dirs|files)
@@ -34,4 +48,33 @@ struct fs_path_config_from_file {
     char prefix[];
 } __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(uint64_t))));
 
+struct fs_path_config {
+    unsigned mode;
+    unsigned uid;
+    unsigned gid;
+    uint64_t capabilities;
+    const char* prefix;
+};
+
+/* Rules for directories and files has moved to system/code/libcutils/fs_config.c */
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/*
+ * Used in:
+ *  build/tools/fs_config/fs_config.c
+ *  build/tools/fs_get_stats/fs_get_stats.c
+ *  system/extras/ext4_utils/make_ext4fs_main.c
+ *  external/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools/android.c
+ *  system/core/cpio/mkbootfs.c
+ *  system/core/adb/file_sync_service.cpp
+ *  system/extras/ext4_utils/canned_fs_config.c
+ */
+void fs_config(const char* path, int dir, const char* target_out_path, unsigned* uid, unsigned* gid,
+               unsigned* mode, uint64_t* capabilities);
+
+ssize_t fs_config_generate(char* buffer, size_t length, const struct fs_path_config* pc);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
 #endif /* _LIBS_CUTILS_PRIVATE_FS_CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/libcutils/include_vndk/cutils/android_filesystem_config.h b/libcutils/include_vndk/cutils/android_filesystem_config.h
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..13a5a08ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcutils/include_vndk/cutils/android_filesystem_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../include/private/android_filesystem_config.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libcutils/include_vndk/private b/libcutils/include_vndk/private
deleted file mode 120000
index 2245a855e..000000000
--- a/libcutils/include_vndk/private
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../include/private
\ No newline at end of file